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14 August 2009 (USA) moreTagline:
It's a business doing pleasure.Plot:
A sex comedy centered on a serial womanizer and his jilted lover. | full synopsisPlot Keywords:
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(53 articles)
Ashton and Demi Help Little Seeds Grow (From Popsugar. 10 July 2009, 11:30 AM, PDT)
First Look: Ashton Kutcher Stars in Spread
(From PEOPLE.com. 9 July 2009, 6:00 AM, PDT)
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Sexy, subversive and very surprising... moreCast
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Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity and language.Parents Guide:
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97 min | USA:97 min (Sundance Film Festival)Country:
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USA:R (certificate #45330) | UK:18 | Australia:R (2009) | Canada:18A (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | France:U (with warning)Filming Locations:
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Spread is an unusual little film. I say 'little', as it's essentially a low budget character-driven drama that is some how being commercially packaged as a rom-com. A quick glance at the credits reveals that this isn't your average Kutcher vehicle: it's directed by Scotland's David Mackenzie of "Young Adam" and "Hallam Foe" fame.
Make no mistake, the Kutcher we see at the start of the film is very familiar: arrogant, uptight and utterly beautiful. But as the run-time flies past, we somehow warm to his character even though he's getting more sex than most of us will get in a lifetime. And here's the good news: Kutcher's performance is fairly astounding. He manages to reveal the humanity in his deeply flawed character with notable subtlety and a distinct lack of cliché. Kutcher's (many) sexual relationships portrayed in the film are brutally realistic: the modern and perhaps unromantic realities of casual sex are not dressed-up in any cheap Hollywood moralising. This is also evident in the overall tone of the film: there are many moments that could have descended into schmaltz, but a sharp edge it maintained on just about every line of dialogue.
Kutcher fans: beware. This is a real departure for the actor, but thank goodness: it's a movie with all the superficial gloss of Hollywood and all the invention of an indie flick.